Chocolate Protein Shake
Cocoa and protein powder blended thick with banana — tastes like a treat, works like fuel.
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- 30 g Protein powder
- 1½ tbsp Cocoa powder
- 1 Banana
- 250 ml Milk
- 1 tbsp Peanut butter (optional)
- 50 g Ice cubes (optional)
Method
- Put the protein powder, cocoa, banana, milk, peanut butter, and ice into a blender.
- Blend on high until completely smooth, scraping down once if it catches — add a splash more liquid if it fights the blades.
- Pour into a tall glass — it should be thick enough to need a wide straw.
About Chocolate Protein Shake
This chocolate protein shake is a blended drink engineered to taste like a milkshake while delivering real nutrition, built around protein powder, cocoa, and banana. The banana does double duty, adding natural sweetness and the thick, creamy body that makes the shake feel indulgent rather than chalky. Milk and a spoon of peanut butter round it into something rich, while ice blends it cold and frothy. It comes together in about five minutes and is a staple of post-workout and grab-and-go breakfast routines.
Flavor-wise it lands squarely in chocolate-peanut-butter-banana territory, deep cocoa cut by the salty-nutty peanut butter and softened by the ripe banana. The texture is the point: blended long enough, it turns genuinely thick, the kind of shake that needs a wide straw. If it seizes up in the blender, a splash more milk gets it moving again without thinning the whole thing out. It works as a fast breakfast, a between-meals refuel, or a way to hit a protein target that actually feels like a treat rather than a chore.
Equipment: blender.
Chocolate Protein Shake: frequently asked questions
Is Chocolate Protein Shake gluten-free?
Based on its ingredients, Chocolate Protein Shake has no gluten-containing components, so it's naturally gluten-free — as always, check that any packaged ingredients you use are certified gluten-free to be safe.
Is Chocolate Protein Shake dairy-free?
Not as written — it uses Milk. Swapping it for a plant-based alternative makes it dairy-free.
Do I need every ingredient to make Chocolate Protein Shake?
The core ingredients are essential, but you can leave out peanut butter, ice cubes — they're optional and mainly there for extra flavor or finish.
How many servings does Chocolate Protein Shake make?
This recipe makes 1 serving. In the app you can scale it up or down and the ingredient amounts adjust automatically.